The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-02-10

The Rev Hsber Esuloun on Ire siOhi Of
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Suffrage.
New York IfBles: The sermon was
on woman Ga the State aud the
text was the story Of Deborah, who
led Israel into freedom and then
proudly eontrasted the condition Of
the State under her rule with iis con-
dition under the rule Of humanity
men. "Hschylus,n said DR.. New.
man, "cailed woman the direct evil
q the State Theodore Parker said
''GOd's reserves for the future Of hu-
manity In woman Here Wehavet Il e
new and the old idea OF the relation
ofWOman 10 the State Ia sharp antith-
esis. Won an has heretofore been
held back from her highest sphere Of
action. She is waking to the con-
sei0usness Of her duties as a citizen.
she Is moving slowly to demand the
power that qualities her for her civic
responsibilities.
II do not regard the ballot as her
sole means Of exerting her proper in
fiuence In the affairs Of the State, In
asmueh a. Il qualities alone for the
last duties OF citizenship, political
responsibilities ia the ordinary sense
Of politics. Ballots are cast by opln-
Ion, and opinion can be made by
those who do not vote Woman need
not await the slOw-footed Law to be-
come an active citizen. believe
that she is inevitably destined ere
long to receive the franchise through
successive stages What / have to
say refers 90 the larger aspect Of citi.
zenship involved IN the idea Of the
State ~ the whole social organism.
Two ladies on the school board do
not constitute social revolution any
more than two swallows make q
spring, but they are signs Of the times
There are, Of course, dangers in the
change, but there are also benefits 10
be reasonably expected from Il.
Woman herself will suffer- some
say. These good folk think with
Cato, 'Slacken the rein ana you will
afterward strive Ia vain 10 check the
mad career Of that unressOning ami
NAL What unreasOning animal?
Woman. But Il is not so easy 10 un.
sex woman - those anxious souls
Imagine. The idea of the genuine
citizen l. not necessarily the cOnven-
tiOnal strong minded woman. One
need not wear 'bloOmers' to vote.
Nine. Roland was no fright Hosts
of women today, battling against
evils in the state, are a. modest a.
their society sisters, while much
less slangy than the typical girl Of
the period
'The mannish woman Of to-day Is
found in fashionable circles. Curious,
is IL not, that the women who fear
that they would he unsexed by
participation in the affairs of a e
State are the ones 20 often who have
no fear whatever about being unexed
Ia the most decnilete Of evening dress
or la the freest pastime Of the ger
man. The inmates OF an Eastern
haren would deem themselves I'M
seXed were they 20 be called out 10
the freedom OF America society and /
20 the social activities Of our pure
women. IL is notorious that the
harem Is the hot bed of feminine vices. |
Turn the pretty doll into a citizen /
aud you may gain a woman
The other institutes Of society, Dr. /
Newton thought, might suffer when I
woman was first put on a political /
equality with man, but there would 4
be ultimate gain, For every woman /
who would betrsy domestic duties 1
for the faci paiiUns Of the State n
hundred could be shown who would |
desert the home for sO-called Society. 4
The great danger 20 the family --WO-
mans increasing tendency toward
composition with man IN bread.win
be counteracted in no
way 70 well e. by wOman's coming
Into power in the State. The church,
also, would At first suffer. Men lost
Interest In the church because q
larger world opened to them. The
church itself was now the large
world to woman. But wOman's re-
'igiOus nature might be trusted 10
cherish the institute Of religion, and
her influence in the State would re-
lieve the church. Most of the
WORK being done by the church to
day were the neglected duties OF the
state. The church could never hope
o do them as well as the State could.
The conditions making the problem
II poverty so heart breaking were
argely tue result Of bad government |
md bad education. With justice or
iering society and wisdom teaching
there would be little need for char
TVS ministry. When woman be-
anne q citizen she would carry the
pirit Of religion into the reOrganiza.
Ion Of society and the State would
srform its rightful work.